noun
cold type system; CTS
A printing technology that does not use hot metal typesetting; often refers to phototypesetting or digital typesetting systems.
この印刷所ではコールドタイプシステムを導入している。
This printing shop has introduced a cold type system.
Variant with interpuncts, sometimes used for clarity.
Hot type system, the older technology using molten metal to cast type, contrasted with cold type.
Borrowed from English 'cold type system'.